Thousands of jihadis and mercenaries who come from more than 83 countries have been pushed into fighting against the Arab Syrian army, which is carrying out its national duty according to the Syrian constitution, and into perpetrating terrorist acts in Syria under religious pretexts killing innocent people and taking civilians hostage and using human shields, which has forced the inhabitants to flee. The severity of the attacks with mortars and explosions in public places and on places of worship has reached a level which is truly shocking. The international community has remained silent in the face of these horrors. The main targets of these terrorist acts are Christians and other minority groups wanting to make them flee and leave the Middle East. What happened before in Palestine, Egypt and Iraq is now happening in Syria, and these Christians are the original inhabitants of these countries. This situation led His Holiness Pope Francis to declare earlier this month: “The Middle East without Christians is unacceptable”. This statement shows how grave the situation of Christians in the Middle East has become. Before the appearance of these heretical movements Christians lived with their Muslim brothers and followers of all other religions for hundreds of years in peace and safety with love, tolerance and acceptance of differences. This is especially true of Syria, the cradle of civilisations.  The international community must concern itself with human rights, peace and security, supervising the educational programme in religious schools of all creeds in order to eradicate extremism, violence and the denial of others.  Intensify a visit by the Special Rapporteur on minority issues and on freedom of religion or belief, to countries affected by religious extremism must be increased.